Preview of SOTActivation of McCrudy Peak

Rooster & Peanut Do Their Seventh 14er - Huron Peak

Amateur Radio operators from around Colorado climb many of Colorado's 14,000-foot mountains to set up amateur radio stations in an effort to communicate with other radio amateurs across the state and around the world every second Sunday in August. This video is about N0B's adventure up Huron Peak (14,003ft) with Guy/N7UN, Rich/AC7MA and Steve/wg0at and their faithful sherpa goats Rooster and Peanut. Plus California ham radio operators who climbed, hiked and biked their way up 14ers to activate peaks for Summits On The Air (SOTA).
Slideshow Info on HAM-14er event

We Made It! But only for 4-brief QSOs on VHF!

We got off Huron Peak ok! Weather on top was in low 40's, 30 mph winds, raining, in clouds. No fun! It rained hard all night at our high base camp (11,800') but finally stopped around 4AM. We left camp at 6AM, hiked 2,200' in dreary rain and clouds and summitted around 8AM. Weather NOT conducive to portable operations and Rooster and Peanut, our sherpa goats, were looking at us like we were truly crazy (well.....), so we decided for safety reasons to descend back to base camp. Heavy t'storms later frequented the area so it was a good decision although we really wanted to activate Mt Huron. But next time! Thanks to all who offered encouragement!

Slide show. Video in the works. As soon as the goats rest up.

73 till next 2011, Team-NØB: Guy/N7UN, Rich/AC7MA, and Steve/wG0AT, Rooster & Peanut

FOBB 2010 QRP Contest with Rooster & Peanut on Blodgett Peak, CO

Talk about a good workout ...that trail up Blodgett Peak (9465') climbs approximately 2500' in a little over 2 miles. Got a late start 9:40AM from the trail head parking lot and didn't summit till almost noon! Weather was sunny and clear and no forecast of T-storms! Woohoo! Setup the antenna/radio and conditions were GREAT it sounded like CQ-WW Wow! ...lots of signals from 14058.5 to 68 ...absolutely amazing for a QRP 'test! I've never heard such a joyful noise!

Goats Recon Mt Huron for SOTA & Ham-14er Event as NØB

The goats and I went on a reconnaissance mission to check out Huron Peak for a possible 14er (14,000') for the Ham-14er this coming August 8th. When we will operate as NØB! ... It was a picture perfect day in the Colorado mountains and us goats had a super day on the peak! Very few climbers made it out that day maybe 12 or so?
for more information on the Ham-14er:
http://n0b-14er.blogspot.com/
http://www.14er.org/
Please join us for the fun! Here's some photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/qrp.wg0at...

A Recent QSO with Wes W7ZOI

Recently I had the thrill of making contact with Wes Hayward W7ZOI! Who's Wes/W7ZOI you say? Together with another QRP giant, Doug DeMaw, W1FB, Wes was among many who was responsible for popularizing home made construction of simple radio equipment, which fostered experimentation among radio amateurs.

Most of all he inspired me to get out doors with radio! By sharing his QRP adventures and stories on the web and in print. I was eager to follow his lead taking my rigs to the woods to experiment with antennas and little QRP cw rigs I built from his and Doug's designs. You could say he started me down the "trail" of 40 years of very rewarding QRP fun!

Mt Herman - Summits On The Air with Goats (SOTA with GOTA)

The goats and I put Mt herman on the air for the first time for SOTA Summits On The Air program. Our original plans were to do an overnight but weather was factor. So we hiked up and down both days instead. Made over 35 fun contacts world wide and several summit to summit contacts and several Europeans QSOs. We did get chased around by spring snow flurries but had a fun time. For more information on SOTA: